
Tamala Jones
Department: Acting
Biography
Tamala Reneé Jones (born November 12, 1974) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as medical examiner Lanie Parish on the ABC drama Castle, and for appearing in the movies Booty Call, The Wood, Kingdom Come, The Brothers, and Two Can Play That Game.
Known For

Young. Wild. Free.
2023

Next Friday
2000

Blue Streak
1999

The Brothers
2001

Booty Call
1997

Up in the Air
2009

Every Breath She Takes
2023

Janky Promoters
2009

Two Can Play That Game
2001

Head of State
2003

On the Line
2001

Turn It Up
2000

Long Distance
2005

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
2002

Daddy Day Camp
2007

Can't Hardly Wait
1998

The Wood
1999

Lola 2
2022

35 and Ticking
2011

The Hustle
2008

Nora's Hair Salon
2004

Katt Williams: American Hustle
2007

Ordinary Angels
2024

Things Never Said
2013

The Holiday Stocking
2022

Who's Your Caddy?
2007

Megachurch Murder
2015

American Dream
2008

The Ladies Man
2000

Nadine in Dateland
2005

Something Here
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What Love Is
2007

How to Make an American Quilt
1995

Act of Faith
2014

Little Richard
2000

Protect and Serve
2007

What Men Want
2019

Kingdom Come
2001

Confessions
2006

Deadly Dispatch
2019

American Nightmares
2018

Holiday Rush
2019

Show Stoppers
2008

#WorstChristmasEver
2025

Divine Direction
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Malcolm & Eddie
1996

Duckman
1994

Castle
2009

One on One
2001

Ghost Whisperer
2005

CSI: Miami
2002

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990

The Wayans Bros.
1995

My Name Is Earl
2005

For Your Love
1998

The Tracy Morgan Show
2003

Love, Inc.
2005

The Parent 'Hood
1995

9-1-1: Lone Star
2020

Dangerous Minds
1996

Party Down
2009

The Wendy Williams Show
2008

The Rookie
2018

Uncoupled
2022

Sherri
2022

L.A.'s Finest
2019

Speechless
2016

JAG
1995

Veronica's Closet
1997

Rebel
2021

ER
1994

The Soul Man
2012